Senior CPU Design Engineer

About the role

The NVIDIA CPU team is seeking a Senior CPU Design Engineer to join our dynamic and innovative team. This role involves driving the micro-architecture definition, implementing in RTL, optimizing designs, and collaborating with various engineering teams to deliver high-performance, low-power CPUs.

Responsibilities

• Drive the micro-architecture definition, feasibility studies, and documentation of CPU sub-systems.
• Implement in RTL and coordinate with the verification team to ensure functionality.
• Exercise logic design skills to optimize and meet performance, timing, and power targets.
• Deliver a synthesis/timing clean design while working with the physical design team to ensure a routable and physically implementable design.
• Support hardware engineering activities including chip floor plan, power/clock distribution, chip assembly, timing closure, power and noise analysis, and back-end verification.
• Develop flows and tools as necessary in support of design activities.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of proven experience in micro-architecture and RTL development of complex, high-speed designs, ideally in CPU subsystems.
• Exposure to Computer Architecture and Digital Systems design.
• Highly proficient in logic design, Verilog and/or SystemVerilog, with a deep understanding of physical design and VLSI.
• Strengths in scripting languages such as Perl, Python.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience): $168,000 - $264,500
• MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience): $196,000 - $310,500

Skills

• Experience with logic design and Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Understanding of physical design and VLSI.
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Perl, Python.

Benefits

NVIDIA offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.